The FA's Wembley Survey

[blade.i.am]

I managed to get a quarter of a bottle of vodka, 3 cans of beer and the majority of a bottle of wine into Wembley cunningly concealed concealed in my blood stream

 

[Darren]

I know that cinemas cannot enforce this or take any items off you by law, dont know about Wembley.

They can. They can make it a condition of entry that you allowed yourself to be searched and agree not bring your own food and drink in, If you refuse this condition, you can be refused entry.

It's basic contract law. Any private company can impose what conditions it wants on entry to its premises as long as they don;t discriminate on the grounds of sex, race, disability, sexuality etc. If you refuse to accept the conditions, they can refuse to let you in.

 

[katedeluxe91]

Any visible drinks were confiscated and bags were searched. They said drinks could be used as missiles.
It bugs me too Darren.
"Only food and drink purchased here can be consumed on the premises" signs are annoying when they take the piss with prices like at the cinema. When we go to cinema we take a rucksack in with popcorn, sweets, chocolate and drinks for 4. Never had the bag searched yet.
Just out of interest can they legally enforce this at venues where there is no concern over missiles i.e. the cinema?

They searched my bag in the most indifferent way ever. The guy just put his hand on it. I offered to open it for him but he just asked if I had any drinks in it (which I did). I said no and he said ok and let me go.

 

[Lee Staniland]

They can. They can make it a condition of entry that you allowed yourself to be searched and agree not bring your own food and drink in, If you refuse this condition, you can be refused entry.

It's basic contract law. Any private company can impose what conditions it wants on entry to its premises as long as they don;t discriminate on the grounds of sex, race, disability, sexuality etc. If you refuse to accept the conditions, they can refuse to let you in.

I watched Tonight on ITV about this and based my quotes on there findings. They quite clearly said they cannot take your own lets say Popcorn off you while entering the cinema.

 

[Darren]

I watched Tonight on ITV about this and based my quotes on there findings. They quite clearly said they cannot take your own lets say Popcorn off you while entering the cinema.

I think it would depend on whether it was made clear before you bought your ticket that this was a condition of entry (i.e via a prominent sign). If they did, then you would be in breach of contract if you then brought food or drink in. I can't see any legal basis for them not being permitted to do this.

Edit: having re-read your post, you are right that they have no legal right to take food or drink off you. They can, however, as I say refuse you entry if you insist on taking the food or drink in and not refund your ticket price as you would be in breach of contract (as long as they had displayed the warning re food and drink prominently beforehand).

 

[Lee Staniland]

Some very grey areas, all of which companies take advantage of you not knowing your actual rights. Very cunning people who write the small print that nobody really reads anyway. lol

 

[Bladepicker]

Why were the front of the stands built so far away from the pitch?

Why does the outside look like a boring industrial estate office complex?

Why, having knocked down the original national stadium in a hard to get to, run down subarb of the busiest city in Britain, did the cretins at the FA decide to build another one in the same bullshit location?

Why do you have the semi finals at Wembley when it is against the wishes of the vast majority of fans?

Well we know why, it's to recoup the ridiculous amount of money spent on a Stadium that looks like a call centre from the outside. So just why?

 

[Bladepicker]

Hope I win them tickets

 

[SherburnBlade]

Just going back to the food and drink thing, I read the terms and conditions and in accordance with them I brought a bag full of food and drink sufficient for a picnic for a family of 4 (there were 4 of us) all in disposable containers (bags/wrappers/drink cartons (think ribena/capri sun)). When the steward checked my bag I happily got them all out for his perusal. He said OK to all my stuff, then spotted my wife carrying a bottle of mineral water and got her to remove the lid. She was a little put out, until I gave her a new replacement lid from my bag when we got to our seats. Fucking smart arse me, and no mistake!
Nice picnic too, saved a fortune and no queuing!

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Hope I win them tickets

I don't think you'll find much of a market for England vs Peru tickets

 

[grafikhaus]

Just going back to the food and drink thing, I read the terms and conditions and in accordance with them I brought a bag full of food and drink sufficient for a picnic for a family of 4 (there were 4 of us) all in disposable containers (bags/wrappers/drink cartons (think ribena/capri sun)). When the steward checked my bag I happily got them all out for his perusal. He said OK to all my stuff, then spotted my wife carrying a bottle of mineral water and got her to remove the lid. She was a little put out, until I gave her a new replacement lid from my bag when we got to our seats. Fucking smart arse me, and no mistake!
Nice picnic too, saved a fortune and no queuing!

Ah, but that's showing foresight that a lot of people don't possess. My only complaint about prices at football grounds (and the cinema) is that they don't double what they already charge. Anybody who can't last 90 - 120 minutes without the need to feed their face has a problem. Constantly getting up, blocking your view etc. is a pain in the arse.

Prices are high at Wembley? Gerraway! I never knew that.

 

[Punk Blade]

Just going back to the food and drink thing, I read the terms and conditions and in accordance with them I brought a bag full of food and drink sufficient for a picnic for a family of 4 (there were 4 of us) all in disposable containers (bags/wrappers/drink cartons (think ribena/capri sun)). When the steward checked my bag I happily got them all out for his perusal. He said OK to all my stuff, then spotted my wife carrying a bottle of mineral water and got her to remove the lid. She was a little put out, until I gave her a new replacement lid from my bag when we got to our seats. Fucking smart arse me, and no mistake!
Nice picnic too, saved a fortune and no queuing!

My memory of 2009 was that bottled water was served with the caps removed, so in 2012 I took a selection of different sized bottle caps. When we got some water we were forced to pour it into plastic cups before leaving the concourse, I was fuming before I discovered the Club Wembley seats had cup holders! On Sunday I decided to put up with whatever happened and we had plastic cups tucked under the seats.

Glad to hear the ploy of taking spare bottle caps worked for someone!

 

[BusheyBlade]

Spare bottle lids, do it every time! At Burnley I had my bottle lid confiscated on the grounds it could be used as a missile. Whilst eating my apple at half time my thoughts turned to lobbing it in the players' direction in the second half in the hope it may spur them into actually playing football. I didn't, but thought it would serve as a better missile than my drinks bottle.